Derek Winnert

This Is the End ** (2013, Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Emma Watson, Michael Cera, Danny McBride) – Movie Review

Hooray! Some of my favourite movie people gather for one of my favourite genres – the American slacker comedy. Assembled here for our delight are the highly talented and likeable Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah […]

Jul, 01 · in Reviews

Twelve Angry Men ***** (1957, Henry Fonda, Lee J Cobb, Martin Balsam) – Classic Movie Review 10

In Sidney Lumet’s electrifying 1957 film classic courtroom drama, Henry Fonda gives a true, trusty, stalwart performance as Juror Number 8 in a murder trial. He’s a symbolically white-suited architect, who starts as the lone […]

Jul, 01 · in Reviews

It’s a Wonderful Life ***** (1946, James Stewart, Donna Reed, Henry Travers, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 9

Frank Capra’s big-hearted and richly enjoyable 1946 toast to the virtues and joys of small-town America and Americans, It’s a Wonderful Life, is now established firmly as an all-time great. Co-writer/ producer/ director Frank Capra’s […]

Jun, 29

Psycho ***** (1960, Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Patricia Hitchcock, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Lurene Tuttle) – Classic Movie Review 8

‘Do you have any vacancies?’ ‘Oh, we have 12 vacancies. 12 cabins, 12 vacancies.’ Alfred Hitchcock’s once dreaded and despised nail-biting 1960 horror classic Psycho had people boycotting it in fear at the cinema and […]

Jun, 29

Stand Up Guys – Film Review

The 73-year-old Al Pacino stars alongside the 70-year-old Christopher Walken as retired gangsters Val and Doc, who reunite for one epic last night of friendship, sex and violence. Val is released from prison after serving […]

Jun, 29

The Shawshank Redemption ***** (1994, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, James Whitmore) – Classic Movie Review 7

Is this the best movie made from a Stephen King bestseller? Yes it is – though anybody who sat through Graveyard Shift, Needful Things, Sleepwalkers, The Dark Half and Cujo (I speak as one who […]

Jun, 28

Singin’ in the Rain ***** (1952, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor, Millard Mitchell, Jean Hagen, Rita Moreno, Cyd Charisse) – Classic Movie Review 6

Hooray for the 1952 triumph Singin’ in the Rain, most everybody’s favourite, all-time great musical, with treasurable songs, a brilliantly witty sense of humour, a vibrant insider’s sense of the cinema and a clutch of […]

Jun, 27

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